Social Practical - Obedience

Question 1

Aim of study

Answer 1

To see if there was a difference in mean level of self reported obedience in men and women

Question 2

Sample

Answer 2

• 18 year olds
• 5 male 7 female
• all took psychology
• all privately educated
• all from Britain
• all Caucasian

Question 3

Hypothesis

Answer 3

Females will have a higher mean level of self rated obedience than males

Question 4

Procedure

Answer 4

1) opportunity sample approached in psychology class
2)read consent form and filled it out
3) filled out questionnaires with closed questions to get quantitative data
4) given debrief form to show true aim and right to withdraw their information on the questionnaire
5) calculated the standard deviation, mean, mode, median and interquartile range based on self rated obedience score out of 10
6) results plotted on a bar chart

Question 5

One weakness

Answer 5

• ethnocentric as only used Caucasians therefore cannot generalise to other ethnic groups
• only quantitative data